Raith Rovers travel to take on Stirling Albion at Forthbank Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 20 of the 40 previous games, with the hosts winning just 13.
The last time the two teams met at Stirling Alb. was back in December 1997, over five years ago, as the Binos edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Scottish Division One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Raith Rovers | 5 - 2 | Stirling Alb. | SCD2 |
1997/1998 | Sat 25 Apr | Raith Rovers | 0 - 1 | Stirling Alb. | SCD1 |
1997/1998 | Sat 27 Dec | Stirling Alb. | 3 - 2 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
1997/1998 | Sat 25 Oct | Raith Rovers | 2 - 0 | Stirling Alb. | SCD1 |
1997/1998 | Sat 02 Aug | Stirling Alb. | 1 - 1 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
1979/1980 | Unknown | Stirling Alb. | 0 - 1 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
1979/1980 | Unknown | Stirling Alb. | 0 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Stirling Albion's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Binos have scored 8, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Raith Rovers's away form is none too clever either, picking up four victories from the last six. While the Rovers have hit 10 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Stirling Alb. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 12 games have yielded only 6 points. Raith Rovers's total of 16 points from their 11 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Bells Scottish Division Two.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Stirling Alb. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
Raith Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Stirling Alb., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Stirling Alb. | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
Raith Rovers | 9 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |